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<i>When Saturday Comes</i> (film)

When Saturday Comes (film)

1996 film directed by Maria Giese

When Saturday Comes is a 1996 British film directed by Maria Giese and starring Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd. The film was released in March 1996, and was distributed by Guild Film Distribution. The soundtrack includes a variety of classic music tracks as well as newly commissioned songs. The score was composed by Anne Dudley and the soundtrack includes contributions from Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet and Sheffield artists including Def Leppard's Joe Elliott who performs on two new tracks: "When Saturday Comes" and the instrumental "Jimmy's Theme". Both were performed with bandmates Rick Savage and Phil Collen. According to Elliott, he had a part in the film as the brother of Sean Bean's character, but the part was cut from the final film.

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Plot

Jimmy Muir, a worker at the Stones Brewery gets scouted, firstly by the well-known non-league side Hallam F.C. and then later by Sheffield United Football Club.[3] It was filmed at various locations around South Yorkshire including Rotherham, Sandygate Road and Bramall Lane. Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott made his acting debut in a scene as Jimmy's brother, but the scene was cut from the final production.

Cast

Reception

When Saturday Comes opened on 1 March 1996 in the UK on 174 screens and grossed £245,936 in its opening weekend, placing at sixth at the UK box office.[5] It went on to gross £722,934 in the UK.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "WHEN SATURDAY COMES | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "UK Top 100 Films Dec 1, 1995-Nov 29, 1996". Screen International. 24 January 1997. p. 55.
  3. [3]
    "Saturday finally comes for actor Sean Bean as he steps into Bramall Lane dugout for charity match". The Sheffield Star. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    "When Saturday Comes (1996)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "UK Top 15: March 1–3". Screen International. 8 March 1996. p. 31.


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